Quatrième de couverture
THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH
Volume 6
CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN
The Return of the Shadow is the first part of the history of the creation
of The Lord of the Rings, a fascinating study of Tolkien's great masterpiece,
from its inception to the end of the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring.
In The Return of the Shadow (the abandoned title of the first volume of
The Lord of the Rings) we see how Bilbo's 'magic' ring evolved into the
supremely dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord; and the precise, and astonishingly
unforeseen, moment when a Black Rider first rode into the Shire. The character
of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed, though
his true identity seems to be an insoluble problem. Frodo's companions undergo
many changes of name and personality; and other major figures appear in unfamiliar
guises: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, and a ferocious, malevolent
Farmer Maggot.
The book comes complete with reproductions of the first maps and facsimile pages
from the earliest manuscripts.
Table des matières
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Foreword
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1
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THE FIRST PHASE
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I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
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A LONG EXPECTED PARTY
FROM HOBBITON TO THE WOODY END
OF GOLLUM AND THE RING
TO MAGGOT'S FARM AND BUCKLAND
THE OLD FOREST AND THE WITHYWINDLE
TOM BOMBADIL
THE BARROW-WIGHT
ARRIVAL AT BREE
TROTTER AND THE JOURNEY TO WEATHERTOP
THE ATTACK ON WEATHERTOP
FROM WEATHERTOP TO THE FORD
AT RIVENDELL
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11
45
73
88
110
117
125
132
148
177
190
206
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XIII.
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'QUERIES AND ALTERATIONS'
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220
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THE SECOND PHASE
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XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII. |
RETURN TO HOBBITON
ANCIENT HISTORY
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS
A SHORT CUT TO MUSHROOMS
AGAIN FROM BUCKLAND TO THE WITHYWINDLE
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233
250
273
286
298
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THE THIRD PHASE
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| XIX. |
THE THIRD PHRASE (1) : THE JOURNEY TO BREE
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309
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XX.
XXI. |
THE THIRD PHASE (2) : AT THE SIGN OF THE PRANCING
PONY
THE THIRD PHASE (3) : TO WEATHERTOP AND RIVENDELL
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331
352
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XXII.
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NOW UNCERTAINTIES AND NEW PROJECTIONS
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369
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THE STORY CONTINUED
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XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
Index |
IN THE HOUSE OF ELROND
THE RING GOES SOUTH
THE MINES OF MORIA
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391
415
442
468
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